A Review of Effectiveness on Quality Management System for Calibration Activity (ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and Conventional Method)

Abstract

Non-destructive test (NDT) is well-known testing and acts as an important and mandatory part of the quality system for the automotive, aerospace, and oil & gas industry. There are several available non-destructive tests (NDT) methods such as ultrasonic, magnetic, eddy current, and radiographic that intend to provide a measurement for the NDT inspector to interpret the reading of the equipment. The result of interpretation will determine the quality and defect detection. The calibration process of NDT equipment is a major element to make sure the equipment is precise and accurate. The calibration process will help to detect any failure of components in the NDT equipment. However, the current normal practice in the industry does not follow the best quality management system to perform calibration activities. Therefore, this paper (review) aims to extract the resulting traceability, competency of the calibrator, and calculation of measurement uncertainty. The 3 main procedures as reference are ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, and the conventional method. All the 3 mentioned quality management systems will be compared, and the best quality management system will be identified to support the calibration activity.